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| Keywords: German troops at Battle of the Bulge, 16 December 1944.jpg This photo from a captured Nazi shows German troops rushing across a Belgian road blocked with vehicles and armor during the enemy attack against the American Army which began Dec 16th 1944 Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announced Dec 23rd that a German armored column had reached the area of Marche and cut the Marche-Hotton Road Hotton is 26 miles due south of Liege on the river Our the and Marche 6 miles southwest of Hotton is 38 miles west of the Germany-Luxembourg border More than 4 000 allied bombers and fighters blasted the Germans in and behind the battle area Dec 23rd Major aerial battles developed as the Luftwaffe came up in strength and 178 Nazi planes were shot down 22 more probably downed 29 damaged and 9 destroyed on the ground American ground forces cut into the lower flank of the German penetration due north of Luxembourg at Mersch Undated The photograph was taken from a captured Nazi Original version at NARA catalog archives gov/id/12010184 Smaller cropped version at Imperial War Museum www iwm org uk/collections/item/object/205087689 1944-12-16 https //www flickr com/photos/wikimediacommons/25009604644/ unknown source other versions <gallery> File GERMAN TROOPS ADVANCING PAST ABANDONED AMERICAN EQUIPMENT jpg Cropped version </gallery> Public Domain Mark Custom license marker 2016 03 21 PD-anon-70-EU Images uploaded by Fæ The Ardennes Battle of the Bulge Scanned with Epson Expression 11000XL | ||||
